The UK's daily carbon emissions have fallen by more than a third during lockdown, according to data shared with Sky News.

But the committee that is advising the government on how the UK can become carbon neutral by 2050 has warned that the reductions are short term and the country's economic recovery should be green.

It is no surprise that, with travel restrictions brought in to limit the spread of the coronavirus, there has been a significant impact on emissions. But it was not known by how much.

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Analysis of energy usage by Sia Partners says the UK's daily CO2 emissions have gone down by 36% since those restrictions started.

In 2018, road transport was the biggest source of carbon emissions in the UK but the use of passenger vehicles has gone down by 60% during the lockdown.

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However, with lockdown regulations and more people working from home, there has been a 20% increase in residential emissions.

Chris Stark, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change said: "We can't forget about climate change - the sense I get from the government is that it's still there as a priority, but naturally we have to think about how we tackle climate change now when we're not yet fully understanding the impacts of the global and economic shut down."

In a letter to the UK and devolved governments, the Committee on Climate Change has suggested six steps for the post-coronavirus recovery package and what might be needed to make the recovery green and resilient.

Those included making green investments to support economic recovery, limiting financial support for sectors which are carbon intensive, and supporting working from home and the low carbon lifestyles that we've learned under lockdown.

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Mr Stark told Sky News: "Right now everyone in government is focusing on the recovery, and that's quite right, but next year in this country we will be hosting the next major climate summit, which hopefully will have the whole world attending it in Glasgow.

"It's been postponed from this year, and that will be such a big moment, not just for climate change but also for global collaboration for that international focus on tackling the world's big issues.

"And what a big moment for the UK to be in the presidency as we come out of this COVID crisis. That means domestically in the UK we will have to stay focused on climate change, we're going to have to make sure this recovery is a climate positive recovery."